I forget which writer said this, but "If ya wanna make em cry, make em laugh first."

The latter is 100% Adventure Time

Relevant

I had two groups running a campaign each in the same world concurrently. Both of these things happened with one group doing one and one doing the other.

Go the extra mile... Dildo Gaggins.

All of my best characters have started off as jokes.

Ford Trukk is an excellent name for a fighter.

I think there's probably a middle ground that most games that don't plan for tone wind up at.